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Utah Code Ann. § 76-2-307 — Voluntary termination of efforts prior to offense.
Current through 2026 General Session
Part of Part 3: Defenses to Criminal Responsibility, Utah Code.
Full text of Utah Code Ann. § 76-2-307
Statutory text current through the 2026 General Session. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Utah.
It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution in which an actor's criminal responsibility arises from the actor's own conduct or from being a party to an offense under Section 76-2-202 that prior to the commission of the offense, the actor voluntarily terminated the actor's effort to promote or facilitate its commission and either: (1) gave timely warning to the proper law enforcement authorities or the intended victim; or (2) wholly deprives the actor's prior efforts of effectiveness in the commission.
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